Abe Laboriel
Abraham "Abe" Laboriel (born July 17, 1947 in Mexico City ) is an American fusion jazz bassist .
Live and act
Laboriel is the son of a guitar teacher and lost the tip of his left index finger at the age of four. He learned guitar from his father and played as a rock and roll guitarist in Mexico, but two years studying engineering before he opted for music and from 1972 at the Berklee College of Music Composition studied. During his studies he switched to bass guitar and played in groups around Gary Burton and in the Boston production of the musical " Hair ". In 1973 he was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra for a short time , touring with musicians such as Michel Legrand and Johnny Mathis . On the advice of Henry Mancini , he finally moved to Los Angeles in 1977 .
There he worked very successfully as a studio musician and was involved in film music such as B. for Hair , The Color Purple or Nine to Five . He also played with Lee Ritenour , whom he accompanied on eight albums, but also with John Klemmer , George Benson , Larry Carlton , Don and Dave Grusin , Stevie Wonder , Al Jarreau , Ella Fitzgerald , Herbie Hancock , David Benoit , Manhattan Transfer , Michael Jackson , Aretha Franklin , Tânia Maria , Joe Sample , John Handy , Chris Beckers , Donald Fagen , Hiroko Kokubu or Diane Schuur .
He also founded the band Koinonia in 1980 , which released four albums by 1990. In 1994 he appeared at various European festivals. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Berklee College of Music .
Laboriel is the father of American drummer Abe Laboriel Jr.
Discographic notes
- More Than a Feelin ' (1982)
- Celebration (1984)
- Frontline (1986)
- Koinonia (1989)
- Dear Friends (1994)
- Guidum (1995)
- Live in Switzerland (2005)
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Works by and about Abe Laboriel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography with photo ( Memento from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Biography in English
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abraham Laboriel Sr. In: Spectrasonics. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010 ; accessed on February 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Bass Player magazine ( Memento from February 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Studio Legend Recognized With Honorary Degree (Bass Player)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laboriel, Abe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laboriel, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fusion jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |